The Playful Ass
An Ass climbed up to the roof of a building and, frisking about there, broke in the tiling. His Master went up after him, and quickly drove him down, beating him severely with a thick wooden cudgel.
The Ass then cried out in astonishment, “Why, I saw the monkey do this very thing yesterday, and you all laughed heartily, as if it afforded you great amusement!”